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If that's the sort of argument you've been reduced to making I think my point is fairly evident.

This is exactly like the new board/old board bullshit that NE5 got banned for, only on a much wider scale.

Just because it's true (or even if it's true) doesn't mean it deserves 3209438209482 pages of cyclical bullshit Dave. You of all people should understand this.

Go then. You can't blame people for seeing things the way they are. And you're the fucking worst of the lot. At least NE5 didn't seem to be magnetically attracted to every single thing I post.

Ugh, honestly this whole identical bullshit shouting match that seems to be creeping up in every single thread since February is getting tedious as fuck. It's like the whole fucking forum has turned into NE5.

Well exactly, I'm definitely not arguing that we should sell every player that we could make a profit on. All I'm saying is that £35m was a hell of a big boost to our income at a time when our income really needed a boost. And I'm not implying that you're arguing these things. A lot of people would be happy to go ahead and assume that you are though.

The problem is that people think that there's only two ways of doing things: selling all your best players every time to turn a profit or never selling any good player for any price and only looking to build. The reality isn't either of these things. Rather, the best way to run a football club is to make good decisions on a case-by-case basis depending on the situation. Unfortunately this sort of polarization is basically what every debate on this forum is forcibly distilled down to. (He's not brilliant therefore he's complete shit, you don't back Keegan 100% therefore you're an Ashley apologist etc.)

Might as well support him when the alternative is to gouge my eyes out in horror at our strike options.

Thought he got a new job or something

Gee Colocho you could just send me flowers instead of stalking me everywhere.

I'd actually prefer that Man City get the CL spot over Tottenham or Liverpool. City are eventually going to buy their way there anyway no matter how much time and money it takes. Might as well have them knock Spurs off the gravy train and kick Liverpool out of Europe for a year on their way.

Shola might as well be Bergkamp considering what we have for alternatives. I suppose that would make Best Pele.

Eh, they've got a very good attack (and the best goalkeeper) and not much else. Absolutely no depth either.

De Jong on for Ballotelli

I get that we're not getting Carroll back, I'd be willing to settle for even a fit Leon Best. Our strike force makes me want to weep a pool of blood.

Ugh, watching Andy Carroll in a Liverpool shirt is almost annoying enough to make me forget how much I'd like to give that cunt Suarez a knee to the balls.

Will be if they don't get in the CL I reckon. Should be even if they do, IMO. They're only getting there by default anyway, given how shit the competition has been.

How has Mancini not been sacked fifteen times over already.

Must be pretty shit to be a Man City fan. If you're forced to completely give up the "moral high ground" your team should at least be playing well.

I've heard it all before though mate. It's always the same... judge in summer... s***, well judge in January... s***, well the summer is the time to judge etc etc. There's a point where you have to say enough is enough, and I'm a long way past that point. Seeing as we're 9th, we should be demanding more than top 7. Suspect we'd be there anyway if we'd kept AC9. I've never really had a point in the past where I was thinking I'd "judge them in the summer" or whatever. We've never really been in the position to have a "big" transfer window for the past few years and I just always assumed we'd get a barrel full of shit. If anything, I've seen my rock-bottom-low expectations pleasantly exceeded

I wonder if there are any teams considering bidding for him this summer. You'd think he'd work well at Arsenal.

If spent well that 35m could be the masterstroke that takes us up to the top 7. I'm sure it's the same for a lot of people but this summer is pretty much the last vestigial hope I'm hanging on to before ah.. turning into Wullie, basically.

Oh come on it's not as if he was never going to score a single goal for them ever.

We seem to be producing some pretty decent reserve level forwards as of late.

That's enough for me tbh. You know you're buying a quality player when you can't pronounce their name.